- Location
- Switzerland
- Name
- Matt
- Start Date
- Jan 8, 2021
- End Date
- Jan 8, 2021
A little 8-ball magic for you ...
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Love the old Sydney rattlers Old, dirty, draughty, covered in bad graffiti, but more soul than the newer onesHad to pop into the office in town today which really annoyed me - I’m quite enjoying doing nothing in this brief period before work starts for real on Monday so I could have done without going in. Still, it gave me an opportunity to bring the gear with me and today’s image was taken whilst waiting on the platform.
Other images today, which show a police sign outside Sydney Central Station (seeing what this lens is like wide open), a nosy man coming out of the station to look and find out what the hell I was up to taking a picture of said sign and the main clock inside the station building are in the Day 7-12 Outtakes thread.
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I was thinking of going to Bathurst but unfortunately the only trains going there now are the 'new' ones not the rattlers. Don't fancy feeling like I'm sitting on a bus for 4 hours each way.Love the old Sydney rattlers Old, dirty, draughty, covered in bad graffiti, but more soul than the newer ones
Had to pop into the office in town today which really annoyed me - I’m quite enjoying doing nothing in this brief period before work starts for real on Monday so I could have done without going in. Still, it gave me an opportunity to bring the gear with me and today’s image was taken whilst waiting on the platform.
Other images today, which show a police sign outside Sydney Central Station (seeing what this lens is like wide open), a nosy man coming out of the station to look and find out what the hell I was up to taking a picture of said sign and the main clock inside the station building are in the Day 7-12 Outtakes thread.
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Thanks Andrew. I’m not a lens snob and sharpness is not what I primarily look for in a lens but the thing is, pretty much every image from my copy of the 35-70mm requires some lengthy PP, it really does. Every image I’ve posted so far on the challenge has had to be subject to some time consuming sharpening, masking, clarity, noise reduction saturation and fringing correction, I’ve really had to boost these files as much as I can. And this is when the iso is at 100(!?). Shooting at night, even at slow shutter speeds, is a no-no.I used to have one of those old 35-70/3.3-4.5 lenses. I'm not quite sure why it gets such a bad rep, as I found it an admirable performer on my Df. I see here by this image that your D800E is playing nice with it as well.
William, it's excellent. I would normally have a pint or two with a pub meal, but that hasn't happened for about nine months. Non the less I've been getting it from the supplier in 20 litre boxes, about 35 UK pints, so I haven't gone short of my ciderThe meal looks great, but I'd really love to try that cider someday.